title: The occurrence of the feline "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum" in dog in China confirmed by sequence-based analysis of ribosomal DNA.
abstract: In the present study, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was used to detect haemoplasmas (haemotropic bacteria) in 40 clinically healthy pet dogs in Foshan city, Guangdong Province, China, and one dog was found positive. Comparison of its 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequence with relevant sequences showed that the isolated haemoplasma had greater sequence identity to feline species "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum" (99%) than to "Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum" (95%). This result, for the first time, indicates the presence of the feline "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum" in Chinese dogs and it represents the first survey of its kind in China by using PCR assay. The results indicated that dog may represent one of the hosts for the feline "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum".
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Street, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510642, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Q J
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: R Q
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: X J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: X W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: X Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal